total annihilation
Nothing left standing
Total annihilation is complete and utter destruction, leaving nothing behind.
The phrase emphasizes absoluteness—not partial damage but elimination of every trace.
It appears in military contexts, science fiction, and hyperbole alike: The asteroid impact caused total annihilation of the dinosaurs, Our team suffered total annihilation in the playoffs.
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- nuclear holocaustMass extinction from atomic weapons
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
mutually assured destruction · demolition · rout · carpet bombing · extinction · heat death · shock and awe · invalidation · massacre · no survivors · eradication · pulverization · erasure · entropy · scorched earth · apocalypse · ground zero · devastation
total annihilationintact
Not damaged or altered
unscathed · undamaged · full recovery · scratch · untouched
total annihilationsurvival
Remaining alive against odds
perpetuation · endurance · persistence · immortality · eternal life
total annihilationcreation
Making something exist
genesis · generation · birth · construction · building
total, totally, totality, totalize, annihilation, annihilate, annihilator, nihilism, nihilist